Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Level 3 students have been learning about the Revolutionary War in Literacy this trimester. In Music, the 4th graders have extended our learning about that era with a Yankee Doodle project. The students learned several verses of the song and a hand-clapping game to play while singing the song. Students also learned about the use of drums and drummer boys during the Revolutionary War. We took these two parts and created an AB pattern (first sing and play the game, then march to find a new partner).

After this, we created a C section to our pattern by adding in I and V chords to play along with our singing. But this wasn't enough for us, so we added in two sets of circle dances to perform when singing and playing chords on the instruments.

In the end, we ended up with this form: ABCBCA.
A = hand clapping game and singing
B = march to instruments and/or dance and game places
C = circle dances

The students have worked very hard and were excited to create these videos for you! In one music class, we were able to take one video, critique that video, discard that video, and make another one that made most of us happy with our performances. Enjoy the final products!